Rangers hold a long-term interest in Sunderland striker Ross Stewart but currently don’t have the finances to secure a £10m deal, according to the Daily Record.
The report claims that Brentford and Bournemouth are also interested in signing the savvy forward who has 11 goals in 14 games for the Black Cats this season.
The Daily Record state that Sunderland would want £10m for Stewart, something Ross County would profit from after they inserted a sell-on clause when they sold Stewart to Sunderland in 2021.

“Bournemouth and Brentford could open the Premier League door to Scotland star Ross Stewart,” as quoted by the Daily Record. (26 January)
“Recent reports have claimed that Sunderland would want £10 million to sell their top striker [Football Insider]. The former Ross County star has 18 months left on his contract but talks over a new deal are unlikely to get off the ground.
“If Sunderland were to sell than Ross County would be in the money as part of the sell-on they inserted when they sold Stewart to Sunderland in January 2021.
“Rangers have also maintained a long-term interest but don’t, currently, have the finances to do a deal in this window.”

Valuable.
Stewart is definitely the kind of forward Rangers should be making a move for and it’s annoying to see that “finances” are yet again getting in the way of a potential deal, although £10m sounds like silly money.
With Kemar Roofe always apparently injured and Alfredo Morelos’ future up in the air, there is certainly room in the squad for another forward to challenge Antonio Colak.
Perhaps a move for Stewart this month isn’t on the table, with the three options listed above already available to Beale but why not make a summer move for the Sunderland forward?
Funds may be more freed up by that point and it seems like Beale is getting his way in terms of transfers he wants at the club so far during his short reign.
There will be a massive squad overhaul in the summer too, so there is arguably no better time than then to bring in fresh legs and faces to Ibrox.
Long-term interest in Stewart will be real and hopefully, the Light Blues can make a concrete offer to the Scotland international before he’s snapped up by a Premier League club.
In other Rangers news, a club in Europe holds the option to re-sign a player from Ibrox whenever they like.
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